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Cold wave tightens grip
Srinagar, January 8
The freezing cold, coupled with disruption in power and drinking water supplies and icy road surfaces, affected normal life for the eighth consecutive day here today.
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Delhi
coldest in 70 years
Delhi page: All
primary schools to remain closed till Jan 11
Chandigarh page: City
records 1.3 °C
School timings
remain unchanged
Ludhiana page: Freezing
cold despite blazing sun
Jalandhar page: Frost damages
potato, tomato crops in region
Mercury remains
below zero
Weather page: No
respite from cold wave
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Two Kashmiri youths walk on the frozen surface of the Dal Lake, while a Kashmiri boatman guides his
shikara through a narrow channel of water in Srinagar on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Amin War |
BKU
to hold maha panchayat today
Udham Singh Nagar, January
8
The controversy regarding the
eviction of Sikh and Punjabi farmers from 1200 acres here took a new
turn today when only nine families came forward to accept the cash
compensation offered by the Uttaranchal Government in lieu of demolition
of their houses.
Punjab page: SAD
to launch protest in Kashipur: Badal
6
of Mohali family die in mishap
Pathankot, January 8
Six members of a family from Mohali
were killed in an accident on the Pathankot-Mukerian road, near Mirthal
today. Sources said the family was coming back after paying obeisance at
the Vashino Devi shrine. In the early hours today the Maruti 800 in
which they were travelling collided head on with a truck.
Chandigarh page: Wounds that will never heal
CPM
poll campaign launched
Kolkata, January 8
In a rally organised at the Brigade
Parade Ground today, the CPM leadership headed by veteran politburo
leader Jyoti Basu and the state Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb
Bhattacharjee, firmly resolved to create a new record of coming to power
for a successive seventh term after the Assembly elections to be held in
the state some time in May-June next.
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India:
The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION
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I am very, very clear. There can be no quarter for corruption and action will follow, howsoever, high one may
be.
— Somnath Chatterjee
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A
Tribune Special
Funds to flow
for Amritsar airport expansion
Chandigarh, January 8
The Civil Aviation Ministry has
decided to spend Rs 80 crore on the expansion of the Guru Ram Dass
International Airport at Amritsar. The frequency of Air India flights to
Toronto (Canada) from this airport would be doubled by April.
Varsities
centres of systemic change: Rodrigues
Amritsar, January 8
The Governor and Chancellor of Guru
Nanak Dev University, General S.F. Rodrigues, today described
universities as great instrument of change. He said according to the
latest analysis the country would emerge as the largest economy in the
next two decades.
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Monkey
rule in Udhampur village
Chirai (Udhampur), January 8
With lanes deserted, this obscure
village in the foothills of the Pir Panchal range presents a curfew-like
situation even at mid-noon as the residents not step out of their houses
because of the fear of monkeys.
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A passerby in a deserted lane of Chirai village in Udhampur district tries to avoid the monkeys’ attention.
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PM promises voting rights to NRIs
January 8, 2006
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Natwar not included in revamped CWC
January 7, 2006
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AMU not a minority institution: HC
January 6, 2006
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Dense
fog hits rail, air services
January 5, 2006
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Top
LeT militant held for IISc attack
January 4, 2006
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Manmohan’s New Year resolutions
January 3, 2006
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SAFTA
takes effect
January 2, 2006
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Advani
quits, it’s over to GenNext
January 1, 2006
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Fresh
terror threat on New Year’s Eve
December 31, 2005
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CM sees LeT hand in IISc shooting
December 30, 2005
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